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New Rules of lifting question!

knikkiola
knikkiola Posts: 47 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey guys and gals!

I'm starting the new rules of lifting for women tomorrow and just wanted to ask if its the best thing for me to up my calories straight away? I currently work out 3-4 times a week but only doing cardio and eat around 1500 cals a day is this enough or should i bump it up?


Nikki X

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  • xosmsox
    xosmsox Posts: 119
    Bump
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Stay where you are. When you hit the wall on increasing weights, add another ~250 kcal to your diet.
  • fittiephd
    fittiephd Posts: 608 Member
    feel free to add me -- I'm almost one month into new rules and loving it! I upped my calories according to the calculations in the book, so to 1700. But I did it semi gradually, I was at 1300 then 14, 15, 16 etc. It's hard to up cals but worth it :)
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I agree, stay where you are for the first couple of weeks and start adding calories when you start to feel like you need them...which if you're working hard you will!!! Good for you for starting it, it is a wonderful program!
  • knikkiola
    knikkiola Posts: 47 Member
    Thnks guys!! i'll see how it goes :happy:
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